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Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The biannual report takes a close look at portfolio disclosure practices. The study found that ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... life. He says that work hasn't left him with much time for anything else, but that he enjoys golf and skiing in North America. Kelaher forecasts a future with "intense competition between fewer larger players." To him, the biggest challenge over the ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Europe have evaluated smart beta indexes and only 2% did not anticipate evaluating them in the next 18, compared to North America, where 61% of asset owners evaluated smart beta and 23% did not expect to look at it in the next 18 months. The research ...

BNP appoints OneVue as unit registry provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed OneVue to provide unit registry services for five years. BNP's unit registry clients will be migrated to OneVue over 18 months by a team led by OneVue chief operating officer Richard Stevens. "This arrangement ...

OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
OneVue has announced changes in its management team, custodial arrangements and digital strategy in its March quarter update. Current chief financial officer Brett Marsh will be replaced by Ashley Fenton, previously CFO at executive recruitment company ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... Australia have not yet embraced activism like their peers have in the US," mainly because "the pools we talk about in North America are at least double the biggest Australian pension fund." Credit Suisse said that American pension funds are "much more ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... overweight in consumer discretionary and technology. In terms of asset allocation, 44% of the fund's revenue comes from North America, 17% from Europe and 21% from Asia. Crescent Wealth director of strategy and development Omar Khan said that most of ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... to lead its US and UK/European infrastructure operations. Geoff Chatas will lead the infrastructure business in North America from the firm's New York City office and Giles Tucker will lead the UK and European infrastructure operations from the company's ...

IFM acquires US$5.7 billion highway

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
IFM Investors has acquired 100% of the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC), which operates the Indiana Toll Road (ITR), for US$5.7 billion. The ITR spans northern Indiana to the Illinois state line and runs for 253 km. It connects highways ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... standard-setting body for the hedge fund industry and now has a growing membership internationally in both Asia and North America. Hedge fund managers in the US and Canada now account for 40% of the HFSB's 123 signatories. Assets under management of ...